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Theatre Acting Quotes

The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors. Nicolas Roeg
Ewan McGregor quote: "From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and..."
From there I did a one year theatre acting course in Fife, and then three years of drama school in London. Ewan McGregor
Kate Bosworth quote: "I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me."
I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me. Kate Bosworth
Arthur Lowe quote: "Acting must be scaled down for the screen. A drawing room is a..."
Acting must be scaled down for the screen. A drawing room is a lot smaller than a theatre auditorium. Arthur Lowe
James Agate quote: "Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to..."
Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act. James Agate
Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me. Fred Melamed
My first interest was always music, and somehow that channelled itself into films and acting. I don't know what the natural transition of it was. I mean I acted a little bit when I was young and like any kid would in a community theatre. Andy Garcia
I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get 4 weeks to rehearse your character and then at 7:30 pm you start acting and nobody stops you, acting with your entire soul. Christopher Eccleston
Totus mundus agit histrionem. (All the World's a Stage.)"[Motto of William Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (f. 1599) and its acting company, The King's Men; taken from the first play to be performed on the new stage.] William Shakespeare
You can get a large audience together for a strip-tease act—that is, to watch a girl undress on the stage. Now suppose you came to a country where you could fill a theatre by simply bringing a covered plate on to the stage and then slowly lifting the cover so as to let every one see, just before the lights went out, that it contained a mutton chop or a bit of bacon, would you not think that in that country something had gone wrong with the appetite for food? C. S. Lewis
Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life. (Address to Congress on Resigning Commission Dec 23, 1783) George Washington
It's like Branson. When I went to Branson there was only 4 acts in there. Now, you can't count 'em. There's so many theatres now, that only the strong will survive. Mickey Gilley
I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having. Kiefer Sutherland
James Denton quote: "I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience...."
I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors. James Denton
Everyone has a different path. I knew no one in the acting industry growing up. I never did a play until college. I was not outspoken when I was younger and I hated being the center of attention. But I had a dream of being an actor. I went to NYU and studied theatre. I learned a craft. And began my career straight out of college. Peter Facinelli

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